Photos among the ficus trees

Piazza Marina

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May 22nd 2005
The Giardino Garibaldi in the center of Piazza Marina is a small garden square around the corner from where I was staying on Via Bottai. I discovered it the first day I was in Palermo, and from then forward stopped there once or twice a day to rest my feet or simply to watch the activities of the city around me. The first time I visited the piazza I observed a small wedding party posing for pr ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more